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padrone

noun

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as in innkeeper

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Recent Examples of padrone Instead, much of this awkward English-language period piece focuses on peasants’ struggle to overthrow padrone control just after the First World War. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 June 2023

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Her great-grandparents, innkeepers in modern-day Belarus, were massacred by the Nazis along with most of their town.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 June 2026
The state has asked Lake and Porter counties to adopt a 1% food and beverage tax and for Lake County to pass a 5% innkeepers tax.

— Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026

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The outing marked King Charles’ first tour of London Zoo as ZSL’s royal patron, though the royal has had close ties to the zoo since his childhood.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
The development will take the place of an aging office building and a gravel parking lot popular among patrons of the open-air food court across the road.

— Mark Dee July 9, Idaho Statesman, 9 July 2026

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The bankruptcy case reveals significant claims from Concord Mills of $606,200, as well as other mall landlords including Roosevelt Field in New York, Woodfield Mall in Illinois, and the Mall of Georgia.

— Catherine Muccigrosso July 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026
Because so little new retail space has been built in recent years, existing shopping centers are seeing very low vacancy rates, which is helping landlords push rents higher and giving developers more confidence to move forward with new projects.

— Arthur Zackiewicz, Footwear News, 14 July 2026

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